Fall 2007 Newsletter of the Sarah Isom Center

The official newsletter of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/isom_report/1009/thumbnail.jp

Photo portraits of LGBTQ Mississippians (Summer 2022)

Kevin Cozart is the Operations Coordinator in the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. He has been on staff at the University of Mississippi since January 5, 2005. Photo of Kevin Cozart by Bruce Newman.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/staff_res/1001/thumbnail.jp

Performance: All Our Names Were Freedom

Students in Jessica Wilkerson\u27s class, SST 560 (Oral History of Southern Social Movements), participated in a staged reading of All Our Names Were Freedom: Agency, Resiliency, and Community in Yalobusha County, a multivocal and multilayered narrative inspired by listening to the interviews recorded that semester. The event at the Spring Hill M. B. Baptist Church was attended by approximately 70 community members, UM faculty and students, and six of the interviewees.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/blkfam_yaloabout/1000/thumbnail.jp

The Isom Report - 40th Anniversary Ed. - Fall 2020

The official newsletter of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/isom_report/1008/thumbnail.jp

Vascular smooth muscle TRPC3 channels facilitate the inverse hemodynamic response during status epilepticus

Human status epilepticus (SE) is associated with a pathological reduction in cerebral blood flow termed the inverse hemodynamic response (IHR). Canonical transient receptor potential 3 (TRPC3) channels are integral to the propagation of seizures in SE, and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) TRPC3 channels participate in vasoconstriction. Therefore, we hypothesize that cerebrovascular TRPC3 channels may contribute to seizure-induced IHR. To examine this possibility, we developed a smooth muscle-specific TRPC3 knockout (TRPC3smcKO) mouse. To quantify changes in neurovascular coupling, we combined laser speckle contrast imaging with simultaneous electroencephalogram recordings. Control mice exhibited multiple IHRs, and a limited increase in cerebral blood flow during SE with a high degree of moment-to-moment variability in which blood flow was not correlated with neuronal activity. In contrast, TRPC3smcKO mice showed a greater increase in blood flow that was less variable and was positively correlated with neuronal activity. Genetic ablation of smooth muscle TRPC3 channels shortened the duration of SE by eliminating a secondary phase of intense seizures, which was evident in littermate controls. Our results are consistent with the idea that TRPC3 channels expressed by cerebral VSMCs contribute to the IHR during SE, which is a critical factor in the progression of SE.Fil: Cozart, Michael A.. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Phelan, Kevin D.. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Wu, Hong. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Mu, Shengyu. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Birnbaumer, Lutz. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Rusch, Nancy J.. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Zheng, Fang. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados Unido

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Eliminate Cancer Disparities: An Overview of Community Engagement and Outreach Efforts in an National Institute of Health Center for Excellence

Creating health equity and eliminating health disparities are considered national priorities for improving the health of Americans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). Health disparities are a primary public health concern, yet are complex phenomena and challenging to research (Harper & Lynch, 2005). The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the National Institute of Health (NIH), is committed to finding solutions to achieve this goal through the creation of interdisciplinary Centers of Excellence. In 2009, the University of South Florida (USF) and Moffitt Cancer Center (Moffitt) received a NIMHD Exploratory Center of Excellence award to collaboratively create the Center for Equal Health (CEH). The Center for Equal Health investigates cancer health disparities, their origins, and potential solutions for the reduction and ultimate elimination of health inequities among racial/ethnic minorities and the medically underserved. Currently in its fourth year, the purpose of the center is to utilize a transdisciplinary approach (basic, clinical, and population sciences) to develop novel interventions and solutions for the reduction and elimination of cancer health disparities among minority and underserved communities in Florida through science, practice, and policy. Specifically, the center’s vision is to achieve health equity in the community through cancer research, education, and training. To fulfill this vision, CEH is organized into four cores: 1) Administration, 2) Research, 3) Research, Training, and Education, and 4) Community Engagement and Outreach. This paper specifically describes the community-based education and training initiatives, specifically the Community Health Worker training, talking circles, science tours, community research council, and podcasts/media outreach, of the Community Engagement and Outreach Core (CEOC). The processes of the activities of the CEOC and lessons learned are highlighted with the primary goal of sharing a successful model of community engagement

Jaime

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Dottley, Jason

Dottley is an actor and musician living near Panama City Beach, FL

Jacob

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Sullivan, Betty

A Mississippi native, Dr. Betty Sullivan is Co-Publisher/Co-Editor of the San Francisco Bay Times which was founded in 1978 as the first LGBTQ publication in California, and among the first in the world, to be jointly and equally created by gay men and lesbians, and the founder of “Betty’s List,” the online and e-mail information service for the Bay Area’s LGBTQ community